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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-29

the guest of Misses zilla and Matte
Rayburn.
Miss Viola Richard, of Letart,
spent Saturday and Sunday in the
Flats.
Maurice Jordan, of Point Pleas
ant, Sundayed in this place.
Pleasant Flats was well repre-
sented at the Camp meeting Sun
day. LUCILLE.
LErARr IrEMs.-Wheat harvest in
full blast.
1t is reported that the Faidley
Bros. contemplate opening up a
store in our little city.
Quite number of our citizens
have gone into the Louisiana draw
ing. We hope that Letart viii get
the capital prize.
Mr.. John Davies, from Michigan,
is visiting at his mothers, near this
place.
1t is quite laughable to see W. t.
Hayman, our merchant, out on his
farm in the harvest field.
Mr.. George Daugherty is making
many sales of horse detachers this
spring.
Prof d. w. Browns normal
school, near this place, closed on
Saturday the 18th. We learn that
this school was largely attended,
and advanced very rapidly in its
studies. Prof Brown though young,
is one among the most able and pro-
gressive instructors of our county.
CHIsELBURa.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-06-29

Gents Furnishing Big Shirts Summer Underwear
fIaIfhose Positively Quoted hH other
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
HALF OF A TOWN BURNED.
Twenty Eight Business Houses and 1oC
Dwellings in Ruins.

Twenty Eight Business Houses and 100
Dwellings in Ruins.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 30-Fire, which
started yesterday afternoon, destroyed one
half of the town of Houma, in Terre Bonnie
parish. A strong wind from the south was
blowing at the time, and in few moments
the fire was beyond control. The
flames crossed the main street and in short
time every building on both sides OF the
street to the northern limit of the town was
destroyed. The burned buildings include
twenty eight business houses and 100 dwell
ings. 1t is believed that the loss will exceed
100000. The insurance is insignificant. A
hundred homeless families are being cared
for by their more fortunate neighbors.
A SASH AND BLIND FACTORY BURNED.
DANvILLE, VA, Dec. 30.-The extensive
sash and blind factory of N. Partee q Co.,
at Walnut Cove, n. c., was burned last
night. The loss is S25, 900 and the insur-
ance S., 500. The fire was accidental.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
A STREET OAR CRUSHED.
A Lady Passenger has Two of Her
Ribs Broken.

A Lady Passenger has Two of Her
Ribs Broken.
COLUMBUS, GA, Dec. 30.-A serious acct
dent occurred at 10 o'clock this morning at
the junction of Broad and Ninth streets,
where the street car tracks cross the Mobile
and Girard raj lroad tracks. A street car
was run into and crushed by shifting en-
CINE backing freight cars to the Ninth
street side-track. Fortunately there was
only one person, lady, in the car. She
was severely injured about the head and
shoulders and had two ribs
broken. A physician whom she had just
summoned TO attend her sick m1ther was
near by and rendered the necessary assist
ance The car driver claims that he did
not see the approaching cars only in time to
Jump and save himself. The fagman on
the top car claims that he waved his flag
and yelled at the top of his voice, but to no
avail The street car was caught between
the freight cars and Broad street passenger
depot and was completely wrecked.
The train was backing very slowly and
was about to stop, as it was within fifty
feet of the switch, otherwise the result
would have undoubtedly been fatal. The
lady was Miss Sallie Lollis. When taken
from the wrecked car she was insensible,
but she is resting quietly tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
GEoRGIA'S CAPITAL CITY.
The Commission Appointed to APP
praise the State Road.

ATLANTA, GA, Dec. 30.-The Governor
this afternoon appointed the follow
ing commission to make an inven-
tory of the State railroad:
Judge William NJ. Reese, of Washington:
ard, of Atlanta. The gentlemen are all
well known in Georgia and fully competent
to discharge the high duties devolved upon
them by the resolution. The resolution of
the last Legislature creating the commiss-
ion directs a thorough inventory of
the property of the road,
real and personal, of every description and
an appraisement thereof. The commission
Is directed TO make a schedule of such prop
erty, including the real estate at Atlanta,
Chattaao and along the line of road not
necessary TO its successful operation that
can be detached and sold, and report the
estimate of its market value, with such rec
concentrations as they may see fit as to its
disposition. The reports of the commission
must be filed with the Comptroller General
by July next. The Governor is instructed
that if the lessees or agents at
any time seek to impair or depreciate
the road or its property, or remove perna-
nently from the State its rolling stock, it
shall be his duty to Immediately seize it's
road, its property of every description. and
operate the sameto the best advantage until
further action by the Legislature The
resolution considered the claim of better
ments made by the lessess, declared that
they have no legal or equitable right thereto,
and that said claim will not be tolerated.
President Bumstead, of the Atlanta Uni
versty, appeared at tire Executive office
this afternoon and asked permission to ex-
anime its records relating to that institution.
Permission was granted, and he satisfied
himself with taking copies of the report of
the Board of Visitors for the year 1874.
1875 and 1876 He made no further an
nouncement of his business or purposes. He
is evidently disturbed about the 5000 APP
preparation.
The Adjutant General has received and
accepted the resignation of Thomas Screven,
First Lieutenant of Company b, Third
Georgia Battalion, Savannah. He has com
missloned Claus II. Harms First Lieutenant
of the German Volunteers, of tie First
Regiment, Savannah; and S. P. Gilbert
Captain; A. A. Wilcox, First Lieutenant
and A NJ. Raiford, Second Lieutenant, OF
the Columbus Guards
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31

HE FRED ON rORT SUMTER.
Promiscuous and deadly Shooting
Matinee in Justices Of1cs.

Promiscuous and DeAdly Shooting
Matinee in Justices Once.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 30.-News has
just been received here of terrible
tragedy at Sumter, in this State. For the
past two weeks there has been bad blood
between the Bowman and Keels families
The row grew out of lawsuit In which d.
E. Keels and p. G. Bowman were engaged.
Both are lawyers. In the first fight, two
weeks ago, the Keels got the worst of it. In
the second fight pistols were used and Bow
mans brother was wounded. p G. Bow
man and Keels met in Sumter to-day.
Owing to the publication by Keels iu the
NetcS and Courier of his version of the pre-
vious affair, trouble was anticipated
and it came. Bowman armed him
self with double-barrel shot
gun and started out to hunt Keels. The
Mayor of the town swore out warrant and
all the parties were arrested by the Sheriff
and taken to the office of Justice named
Haynesworth. As soon as the party ar
rived at the Justices Office they proceeded to
shoot and carve each other. The Justice
fell at the first shot with bullet in his
brain. Keels and a bystander were
wounded, probably fatally, ami several 9TH
ers wounded dangerously. Intense excite
ment prevails, and it is probable that the
/ military will have to be called out, Haynes
worth was the man who fired the first gun
J on Fort Sumter in 1861
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
DRIVEN OUT OF A TOWN.
He Sold Liquor Without License as
side Business.

side Business.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 80. Henry Hacka-
thorn, of Lagrange county, is here IN
charge of the United States Marshal.
Hackathorn lived in the town of Valentine,
where be kepta shoe shop, and as side
issue sold liquor in bottles. This became SO
notorious, and resulted in so much drunk
enness in the village, that about
two weeks ago cro"o Vi
fifty or more men and women,
attacked his rlace of business, tore 1t to
pieces and drove him outof town with CLUBS
and bad eggs. He went to Lagrange ana
since has instituted suits against ten OF the
leading citizens, demanding $4,000 in each
case for the destruction of his place OF busl-
ness and injuries to himself 1t
is UNDERSTOOD also that the
grand jury has taken hand in the matter
and has indicted forty or fifty people on
charge of rioting. Some of these In turn
have had Hackathorn arrested for selling
liquor without license. A bitter feeling
has Isulted from the matter, and there Is
likely TO be further trouble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
A FRATRICIDE HANGED.
The Crime Said to Have Been Pre-
meditated and Brutal

The Crime Said to Have Been Pre-
meditated and Brutal
HARRIsoNBURG, Va, Dec. 30-William
Finchum was hanged here this morning at
11:55 O'Clock Religious services were held
in his cell Just prior to the execution, but
there were no services at the scaffold. The
condemned man said to the minister that he
was willing and ready to die, and had no
statement to make At the scaffold, in re-
ply to the Sheriff S interrogation, Have
YOU any remarks to maker he re-
piled: II have not Thirteen minutes
after the drop fell Finchum was pro-
nounced dead. 7 body was buried in the
Potter's field, his family being too poor TO
take charge of it, The militia were on
guard for a square each way from the jail
and no one was permitted to pass without
writ en- permission. No unusual incident
occurred, and all is quiet Finchum muir
dered his brother, Preston Finchum, on
March 10, 1886; near Elk Run, Rockingham
county. The crime was premeditated and
carried out with great brutality.
AN ARKANSAS HANGING.
MARIANA, ARK, Dec. 30.-Albert Peters
was hanged here at IL o'clock this morning
for the murder of William johnson near
Trenton, in this county, in April 1885.
Peters had twice escaped and was recap
tured. The execution was private
The Lee County Guards, Capt. Wood,
were on guard duty. Peters was very re-
ligious and penitent. The death warrant
was read by Deputy Sheriff Weld at 1870
o'clock, and then the doomed man was
taken to the scaffold in small building Just
big enough for twenty-five spectators.
Sheriff Harrington sprung the trap Peters
fell seven feet ana his neck was broken.
HE KILLED HIS sTEP-MoTHER.
CHARLESTON, S. G. Dec. 30.-John Strick-
land. a young white man twenty years old,
was hanged at Conway, 5. c.. to-day, for
the murder of his step-mother, Adeline
Strickland, last July There was no ex-
element. Strickland's neck was broken
and he died without struggle. His last
audible utterances were prayers for his soul.
He confessed his crime several days ago, but
said he did not intend to kill his step-mother
when he shot. He only meant to cripple
her.
HANGED FOR UxoRICIDE.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 30.-A special
to the ADVERTISER from Somervile, Morgan
county, reports the hanging there to-day of
George Edmundston. He murdered his
wife last year and had it given out that she
was bitten by moccasin at a spring Her
body was disinterred after burial and found
to be horribly mutilated. His little daughter
had seen the murder committed. The crime
was aggravated by the fact thai the wife
was crazy. and Edmundston killed her Ia
get her out of the way so that he could
marry a girl in the neighborhood who was
his mistress. He narrowly escaped lynch.
ing, but was finally convicted and hanged in
due course of law. He confessed the crime
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
AUGUSTUS SENSATIONS.
John McNally Dies From His Wound
Greek George in Town.

ITe6k SSOC8c 1OWA.
AUGUSTA, GA, Dec 30.-JohnP McNally
died at o'clock this afternoon from inju-
ries received in the shooting affray with his
brother-in-law, Charles Colvin, last Tuesday
evening, at the Central railroad depot. An
inquest will be held tomorrow.
| Fire was discovered on board the new
steamer Progress at noon to-day. A work.
man was in the hull of the boat burning a
hole through the stern for a rudder iron,
when he dropped the hot iron on the floor
and left for dinner. The heated poker
ignited the hemp and rosin used for caulking.
The damage Is small
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Augusta Theatre Company was held with
closed doors this afternoon. They accepted
the charter recently granted them, and in
creased the capital stock from $4,000 to
$50, 900. The theatre will be bonded for
$50, 900, making it cost $40, 600 When COM
pleted it will be the handsomest in the
South, and the twelfth largest in the United
States.
GREEK GEORGE ARRIVES.
Greek George, the wrestler, is in the city.
He was on his way to meet and wrestle
Duncan c. Ross in Savannah, but falling
to hear anything definite from Ross lately,
he has determined to stop in Augusta. He
will wrestle Frenchman here next Mon
day mgnt, ana cnallengeS elIner ICoSs OF
Muller, through the Daily Gazette TO meet
him in Augusta on that night, or later, in
match for $500 or less.
To the great disappointment of the mer-
chants and farmers on the Carolina side OF
the river and also of the merchants of Au-
gusta the city toll bridge will not be made
free on Jan. l as expected owing to neglect
on the part of the Council. At a recent
meeting of that body resolution was
adopted making the bridge free on and at
ter Jan. /, but it now transpires that tech
nicality in the law unamended by the Coun-
Gil will prevent it indefinitely.
The attic is safalv here
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
HE DIED TWICE.

A Boy Comes Back to Life, But Death
Quickly Reclaims Him.
CLEARWATER, MINI, Dec. 30.-Willie
Baxter died of diptheria Monday. Tuesday
his body was made ready for the coffin and
the family retired from the room. half an
hour afterward some one returned to the
apartment and found the boy up and
dressed in his everyday clothes. He in
sisted that he was not dead and was not 60
ing to die. However, in about an hour,
during which time he talked cheerfully to
those around him and seemed to be getting
better, he suddenly fell over and was stone
dead in an instant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
Slain IN a Distillerv.

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. 30.-To-day, at
Curley's distillery, ten miles from this city,
James A. Hunter a United States tore
keeper, and ;. C. Cardwell, the bookkeeper
of the distillery company, engaged in a
shooting affray, Ia which Hunter was in
stantly killed. The affray took place in the
office, Hunter firing three shots and Card
well five, the latter being unhurt 1t was
occasioned by dispute as to the individ-
ual rights of either party about the
distillery premises
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
FLORIDA's METROPOLIS.
Judge Jones Orders Six Tramps Given
Thirty-Nine Lashes.

Judge Jones Orders Six Tramps Given
Thirty-Nine Lashes.
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 30.-At the close of
court tonight Judge Lotion Jones created a
stir by sentencing six tramps, who were in
Jail for entering house and breaking off
the boards for fuel, to be given thirty-nine
lashes ON the bare back in front Of the court
house. He added that under the old Florida
law still on the statute books this punishment
could be given He then ordered the Sheriff
to enforce it and arrest every tramp even
if twenty deputies had to be employed. He
added that he would keep the court open
day by day so that all caught could be
promptly punished. Judge Jones said he
was determined to break up this terrible
nuisance and danger.
DESPERATE PRISONERS.
This morning j. t. O'Brien and Gilbert
Ryan, two young white prisoners in the
county Jail, armed themselves with iron
bars and club and abused the jailer,
threatening his life and refused to obey
orders. Sheriff Holland and Deputies
Williams and O'Toole repaired to the Jail
where the two prisoners were found in
cage, with number of other prisoners,
with two iron rods which they had broken
from the cage railing, about two feet in
length, and club. They were ordered
to come out of the cell
and hand up their weapons, at the point of
the officers pistols and they obeyed. Both
of the prisoners pleaded guilty to larceny
yesterday. and O'Brien was sentenced to
one year, and Ryan to three months in the
State prison.
There is considerable indignation among
criminal court officials at the order of the
County Commissioners to discontinue the
door bailiff, and substitute negro prisoner
to perform the duties.
Sheriff Holland, with half dozen depu-
ties, made raid on a tramps' camp near
the city at midnight and captured seven
teen pretty rough specimens They ex-
pressed some surprise at the unexpected
visit of the officers, but made no resistance
They were tied to one long rope and brought
into the city and jailed. Judge Jones'
whipping-post for these gentry will meet
the approval of all Floridians
George Curry, who robbed Dr. Lampkin's
residence in East Jacksonville, stealing 500,
was arrested late tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
AS BAD AS THE Blenders.
The Lynching of the Kelly Family
Well Deserved.

WICHITA, KAN, Dec. 30.-Charles Green,
a cattle dealer from 'No Mans Land" has
arrived here, and gives some details of the
capture and lynching of the Kelly family,
whose horrible crimes were published widely
few days ago. and which were eo Tally as
atrocious as anything committed by the
Bender family The Kelly family left their
ranch near Oak City, going south. A posse
of citizens started in pursuit and found
them fifty miles south in Texas. The old
man escaped, but the son Bill was hanged
and the mother and daughter were shot
while the posse were endeavoring to capture
them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
Wrecked by a Broken Rail

ALTOONA, PA, Dec 30-This afternoon
passenger train on the Clearfield and
jefferson railroad jumped the track near
Great Bend and one car containing twenty
passengers went over the bank. Only four
escaped injury out of the entire number,
but as far as reported John Kelley, rail
road contractor, is the only one seriously
injured. The car overturned three times.
The cause of the accident was a broken
rail
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
KILLED WHILE ON A LARK.
The Man Who Fired and the One Killed
Policemen.

EVANSVILLE, IND, Dec. Sat 8 o'clock
this morning Joseph Siegler, policeman,
shot and killed Abraham Smock, ano Their
policeman. Siegler was on his beat when
he noticed two men come from n house and
endeavor to escape observation. He chal-
lenged them, but they ran and Sieglcr fired,
killing one man. The other man then sur
rendered, and proved also to be policeman
He explained tnat he and his brother officer
were out on clark" and did not wish to be
recognized. They were off duty at the
time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
A NEW GROUND FOR DIVORCE.

A Husband Complains Because His
Wife Speculates.
CHICAGO, Dec 30.-Charles H. Talmadge
filed bill for divorce this morning and ad-
vanced hitherto unheard of ground for
his application. For some time after his
marriage peace reigned in the household.
At stated periods the husband gave the wife
money for the household expenses. But in
stead of using it for this purpose she threw
it away in speculation on the open Board of
Trade. The husband AYERS that when he
told his wife she must stop specializing she
left the house and has not returned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
ELECTION NOTICE.
CITY oF SAVANNAH.

CRY OF SAVANNAH,
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, Dec. 80, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that the City Council
of Savannah will elect at its next regular meet
ing that is to say, on WEDNESDAY, Jan. II,
1855, Superintendent of the Scavenger Depart
ment under and in accordance with the pro.
visions of the ordinance creating said Office,
passed by Council at meeting of Dec. %. 1887.
Bond $4,000, salary 81 200 per annum, term till
election of city officers, January 1889. All APP
plicants must hand in their applications with
names of bondsmen two required) to the Clerk
of Council on or before O'Clock p NJ. the day
of election.
BY order OF Council.
FRANK E. REBARER, Clerk of Council.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
ROBBERS IN A POST OFFICE.
They Bind and Gag Clerk and then
Help Themselves.

PITTsBURG, Dec. 30.-About o'clock
last night four armed and masked men en-
tered the post Office and general store of C.
+. Thompson & Co., at Finleyville, fifteen
miles from here, on the Baltimore and Ohio
road, and at the point of revolvers com
PEELED the clerk to open the
safe, which contained 5000 in
cash and $50 worth of postage
stamps After emptying the safe of It's
contents the robbers bound and gagged the
clerk and then rode away. The clerk was
found some time later in an exhausted con-
dition. About $40 worth of stamps were
found on the Brownsville road near this
city this morning.
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EACH KILLED THE OTHER.
Fatal Encounter Between q Marshal
and Convict.

ATLANTA, GA, Dec. 30.-Ben Shepard,
Marshal of Midwife, started yesterday to
arrest an escaped negro convict. AS Shep-
ard opened tine door of the house in which
the negro had taken refuge the negro fired
his pistol at the Marshal and then sprang
out. Shepard fired three times, and the con-
vict fell MORALLY wounded, with leg and
body. The aim of the negro had also been
true and the body of the Marshal was found
at the door shot through the heart. He had
fired three shots after receiving his mortal
wound.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
NEW YEARS AT THUNDERBOLT.

The Combination Race on New Years for a
purse of 500, divided-$6O to first, $25 to Sec
ond, SIS to third horse-closed as follows:
w. T. Birch enters b. m. Alice.
M. j. DOYLE enters br. S. Claymore.
DR. Matthews enters b. G. Landlord.
Three in five in harness, TO be trotted accord
ing to rnle no distance.
NJ J. DOYLE.
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PROFIT IN FAILING.
Creditors of New York Jewellers Hint
at CrookednesS.

NEW York, Dec. 30.-The liabilities of
Payne, Steck & Co., wholesale jewelers.,
who assigned yesterday, are reported il. the
trade to be upwards of 100000 Creditors
criticise the failure harshly. Neither part
ner has been about the store since Wed nes-
day, and it is said that they
are all at home sick. Several
creditors waited about the place all day
to-day to see if there were any diamonds in
the safes. They said that large amount
of diamonds had recently been left with the
firm on memorandum. Part of one safe
remains unopened, and in that the creditors
hope to find the precious stones. The
assets so far discovered are small
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-31
HOMICIDE AT COCOA.
William Fowler Dangerously Wound.
ed by Thomas Hardee,

TrTusvILLK, FLA, Dec. 30.--At Cocoa,
Is miles south of here, on Indian river, a
difficulty occurred last night between Will
liam Fowler and Thomas Hardee, in which
the latter was dangerously if not fatally
shot by the former. The weapon used was
a 44-calibre pistol A ball entered Hardee's
left lung above the heart and has not been
found Both are single and young men of
excellent standing. The first Intelligence of
the tragedy was brought by Fowler himself,
who arrived here early this morning in a
sail boat and surrendered himself Co the
Sheriff and was lodged in Jail. He claims
that be acted in self-defense, and his good
character and voluntary surrender, when
escape would have heen very easy, lends
Strength 70 the claim.
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Clews In the Cotton Exchange.

New YORK, Dec 30 Henry CLOVIS was
elected member of the Cotton Exchange
yesterday. He made application for admis-
sion several months ago, but met with such
strong opposition on account Of his action
in regard to the Georgia State bonds, that
he withdrew his name. Recently he re
newed his application, and was yesterday
alaofad